Cowboys Owner Sets NFL Kneeler STRAIGHT Once And For All

The newly acquired Dallas Cowboys defensive end sat during the anthem to protest police brutality and social injustice as a member of the Seattle Seahawks and Philadelphia Eagles and remained in the locker room during the anthem as a member of the New England Patriots.

Neither of those approaches flies under Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, who expects all of his employees to stand at attention during the national anthem.

Now that he’s been traded from the Patriots, that expectation applies to Bennett, as well.

“I’m satisfied that, in Michael, we’ve got a player who knows how we do it here with the Cowboys,” Jones said Tuesday during one of his regular appearances on 105.3 The Fan.

The Dallas Morning News reported on Tuesday that Bennett and the Cowboys “reached an understanding” that he would stand for the anthem prior to last week’s trade that brought him to Dallas from New England.

Head coach Jason Garrett addressed the issue at a Tuesday news conference when asked about it.

Like Jones, he didn’t explicitly say that Bennett is expected to stand. But the message was clear: Bennett is expected to stand.

“We don’t anticipate that being an issue,” Garrett said of Bennett’s history of protest. “We’re just excited to have him here.”

When asked to clarify his statement, Garrett echoed Jones.

“We anticipate him doing what all of our players do,” Garrett said.

The stance of Jones and Garrett holds true to a policy the Cowboys implemented at the height of the NFL’s anthem controversy.

When the league implemented a policy in 2017 giving players the option to remain in the locker room during the anthem, Jones and his son, Cowboys CEO Stephen Jones, insisted that players would literally toe the line or risk losing their jobs.

“There’s one way to do it right in our mind, and that’s go toes on the line and stand for the anthem,” Jones said in 2017.

Jerry Jones is one in a million, and I’m a Philadephian, but despite how Phila. feels about the Cowboys, I think it detests admitting to admiration for that team of NFL football players.
Jerry Jones doesn’t just pop in every now and then to check “gate” receipts. He lives for his team, and his requirements make the Cowboys a believable special team of athletes, who ought to be proud of themselves for respecting our country, its flag, and prove it in every game, win or lose.

Thank GOD for men like Mr. Jerry Jones and his stance regarding the National. We are a great nation thanks to the men and women who have placed their lives in jeopary that we might enjoy our freedoms. The only nation that truly enjoys these freedoms. GOD BLESS JERRY JONES.